Leviticus 16:3-34 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.… When sin is to be accounted for, we must face God each for himself, coming alone, one by one, into His presence. Friends and loved ones can be with us in sinning, but not in answering for sin. Help and cheer and sympathy can be given to us by our fellows, up to the time when we are to meet God and give an account of ourselves; then "every one of us shall give account of himself to God," then "every man shall bear his own burden," then "every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour," then "every man's work shall be made manifest, for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is." How we lean on human helpers: children on parents, husband and wife on one another, scholar on teacher, people on pastor, friend on friend! But there shall be no one of these earthly supporters with us when we enter the holy place of God's presence, seeking an atonement for our sins. Then we must stand alone, face to face with God. (H. C. Trumbull.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. |
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